PCPNDT team nabs errant doctor for sex determination test

The team from Panchkula comprised Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr Saroj and two Medical Officers (MO) including Dr Arun and Dr Vikas along with the police officials conducted a raid at around 3 pm on Sunday.Bharat Khanna | TNN | August 20, 2017, 21:27 IST

FATEHGARH SAHIB: In a move to prevent sex determination and save girl child, the officials of Pre-Conception Pre-Natal Diagnostic Technique (PCPNDT) from Haryana conducted a raid in Fatehgarh Sahib and nabbed a doctor for conducting sex determination red handed.

The team from Panchkula comprised Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr Saroj and two Medical Officers (MO) including Dr Arun and Dr Vikas along with the police officials conducted a raid at around 3 pm on Sunday. The team had presented a decoy patient who was a female cop from Haryana. The accused doctor at Mahesh Hospital Fatehgarh Sahib was a Bachelor in Medical Science.

It was second such operation in last three months in which the PCPNDT team nabbed the doctors conducting sex determination test. Three months back the team had nabbed Dr Deepak for conducting the test at his ‘Deepak Scan Centre’.

On Sunday, the team nabbed Dr Mahesh Kumar red handed for conducting sex determination test and recovered Rs 17,000 from his possession. The officials of PCPNDT team revealed that Dr Mahesh was not even authorized to conduct scan and was not registered with the district health authorities.

“Dr Mahesh, a BMS, was not registered with health authorities while the registration of Dr Madhurima was there in our records. However, Dr Madhurima, a Gynaecologist, was not present at the occasion," said, Chief Medical Officer Fatehgarh Sahib, Dr Harminder Kaur Sodhi.

He said, "It was a joint operation by the Haryana team and our district health department. We were informed by the team that a raid is being conducted. A decoy patient was sent to Mahesh hospital where Dr Mahesh had demanded Rs 21,000 from the patient but the deal was struck at Rs 17,000. The paper work is being completed and soon the complaint will be filed with the police.